Harpers Ferry WV

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in the states of West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, John Brown, "Stonewall" Jackson, and Frederick Douglass are just a few of the prominent individuals who left their mark on this place.

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Harpers Ferry, WV

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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

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Harpers Ferry is most famous for John Brown's raid on the armory and arsenal on October 16, 1859. Brown's purpose was to capture guns and ammunition to arm the slaves and win their freedom. The uprising was quelled in 36 hours and Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859. During the Civil War, the town changed hands eight times between 1861 and 1865.

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Battle summaries

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Engines 4008 and 4032 lead a coal train east at Harpers Ferry, WV on October 4, 1974.

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POTOMAC RIVER AT HARPERS FERRY, WEST VIRGINIA